Quiet Time Development Blog

Sharing a Quiet Time Blog with the World

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Since we began the Online Quiet Time, we have been posting blogs to help you grow in your spiritual walk, as well as understand how to use the system more effectively. If you see something on our blog you would like to share with your friends, you are able to share it on Twitter, Facebook and other social media!

5 Ways to Keep Your Prayer Life Exciting

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Is your prayer life bland right now? Many times, we grow tired of talking to God, because we say the same thing over and over. Think about this: if a husband said the same thing to his wife every day, just so he could say he talked with her, she would probably not feel very loved! In our relationship with God, we shouldn’t let prayer be a check on our list, but rather a dynamic and intimate conversation with our Creator. Here are 5 ways to keep your prayer life exciting:

Try taking a prayer walk once a week, and just talk with God about life.
Pray alone with your eyes open, looking up as you would if you were talking to a person.
Write your prayers to God.
Pray out loud and communicate as you would in a conversation.
Pray the Scripture. For example, pray Colossians 1:9-12 as you pray for a friend.

The Quiet Time System

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

5 Ways to Keep Your Quiet Time Exciting

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Do you feel as if your Quiet Time Journal is the same as yesterday or the day before yesterday? Many times we fall into the rut of a habitual personal Quiet Time. It loses its excitement; sort of like that training meeting you sit through, just trying not to fall asleep. The answer to your situation is personal Quiet Time dynamics. Here are 5 ways to keep your Quiet Time exciting…

Find a character trait of God in your Quiet Time each day and journal about it.
Try listening to the passage in one version while reading it in another. Then, study the words or phrases that are different.
Listen to background music to set the mood.
Try doing your Quiet Time in a different location from what you are used do.
Make a devotion or sermon outline from the day’s passage.

Looking Back in your Journal by Months

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Have you ever wanted to look back at all those journal entries in your Quiet Time Journal? With the Online Quiet Time Diary, you can narrow down your search to a specific date and see what you were meditating on in the Word that day.

Here is how you do that…

Finding and Adding Prayer Requests

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

We have a cool feature that allows you to add a friend’s prayer request to your own list. When you add their prayer request to your list, they will receive an email whenever you pray for them. If you add your own request for them to your list, they will not get an email.

Let me explain how to do this…

How to Teach a Student to have an Effective QT

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Quiet Time seems so easy for those of us who have had a daily habit of being in the Word. Some students have not had that privilege. We need to teach them how to have a daily Quiet Time with God. Mike Calhoun shares how we can do that effectively, so that they can develop a daily habit because they are in love with God.

Sharing Your Quiet Time through Social Networks

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In today’s culture, we all want to be connected. Social networks have created an environment in which we can be instantly connected. We have developed a feature you can use to instantly share your thoughts from the Quiet Time passage with your friends and family through social networks.

Here is how you set up your social networks with the Online Quiet Time system…

Principles of Accountability

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

We all need people to help us grow and change. We need to make wise choices about whom we allow to access our hearts. Mike Calhoun talks about some vital principles of biblical accountability. This stuff is important! Online Quiet Time has a great accountability feature you can use in your spiritual growth. Take some time to watch this video and be open to what God has for you to learn.

Creating an Group with other Quiet Time Users

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

You and I are relational; we need interaction. We need to plan time with each other and talk with one another. We are very excited about a feature we have for creating groups in the Quiet Time System! In these groups, you can share resources, plan events, talk about Quiet Time and much more!

Here is how you do it!